Consent and the Right to Privacy

There is currently intense debate about the significance of user consent to data practices. Consent often taken legitimate virtually any practice, no matter how invasive. Many scholars argue, however, that typically so defective as be ‘meaningless’ and privacy should thus protected by substantive legislation does not rely (or heavily) on consent. I argue both views rest serious mistakes validity conditions for User sufficiently impoverished it guarantee legitimacy but ‘meaningless’; can practices are independently reasonable those exploitative. Since many valuable must consented if they argue), our continue emphasizing importance consent, even auxiliary protections also desirable.